With cool mist humidifiers your not suppose to see any mist. if it's a warm mist there should be. but by your model number i'm finding that it's a cool mist. that's why your not seeing any mist.
Cool Mist Humidifiers do produce mist if they are ultrasonic. They use pressure waves to make water molecules jump off the surface and up out the tube.
I've notice that if you run it with water in the bottom but the top of, and it produces a small amount of mist *as well as* actual drops of water jumping out of the surface, then it isn't working well enough for that mist to travel up the shoot. This happens when the ultrasonic element is dirty, has calcium or other build up on it.
We have hard water, and this happens all the time. Many manufacturers suggest using distilled or decriminalized water, but that would be very expensive.
Clean out the unit thoroughly. One manufacturer suggests putting a couple tablespoons of white vinegar in some water and rinsing the tank with it, let sit for 20 mins, and rinse out. Then also use that diluted vinegar mis on the water areas of the base where the ultrasonic element it. Let sit for 20mins, pour out, rinse away all vinegar residue.
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With cool mist humidifiers your not suppose to see any mist. if it's a warm mist there should be. but by your model number i'm finding that it's a cool mist. that's why your not seeing any mist.
Cool Mist Humidifiers do produce mist if they are ultrasonic. They use pressure waves to make water molecules jump off the surface and up out the tube.
I've notice that if you run it with water in the bottom but the top of, and it produces a small amount of mist *as well as* actual drops of water jumping out of the surface, then it isn't working well enough for that mist to travel up the shoot. This happens when the ultrasonic element is dirty, has calcium or other build up on it.
We have hard water, and this happens all the time. Many manufacturers suggest using distilled or decriminalized water, but that would be very expensive.
Clean out the unit thoroughly. One manufacturer suggests putting a couple tablespoons of white vinegar in some water and rinsing the tank with it, let sit for 20 mins, and rinse out. Then also use that diluted vinegar mis on the water areas of the base where the ultrasonic element it. Let sit for 20mins, pour out, rinse away all vinegar residue.
Try that out.